The Science of Compassion

Being compassionate makes you feel good…

“When people are less focused on self and the problems of the self, there is a kind of alleviation of stress.

There is nothing like reaching out and contributing to the lives of others to give a person, first of all a sense of significanceand purpose…”

Stephen Post is a Professor of Preventive Medicine and the Director and Founder of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University. He was previously a professor in the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and a Senior Research Scholar at the Becket Institute of St. Hugh’s College, Oxford University.